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You say Windowshop. I say Shelf Browse.

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 4:00pm

If you haven't seen the new Amazon Windowshop site, you gotta click on over right away. This is where we are going. It's a complete experience. The user has complete control plus it has audio (music and spoken word) AND it includes great CD and book cover images as well as movie clips. Using space bar to get a bigger view of the items grouped together. Click the space bar again to zoom in. It's fun, it looks great and it walks and talks and sings!
Oh, and you can click on stuff to buy it or download it.

LibBook - Facebook for Libraries

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 5:00pm

I've been enjoying playing around with Facebook the last few weeks and one of the things I really like about it is the control I have over who I connect with, information I share with different groups of people, what applications I can install and how I organize them on my public site and my internal site.
And those applications - there are tons of them because anyone can write one. Facebook provides great tools for potential Facebook developers. And each app is a breeze to install.

Is the Web Worth It?

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 5:00pm

I love this quote from Tim Berners-Lee in an interview with Mark Lawson at BBC News when he was asked if the Web was really worth the trouble (e.g.

Optimize Web Pages for 1024x768! Wahoo!

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Sat, 08/05/2006 - 5:00pm

Lower Literacy Web Users

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Mon, 04/18/2005 - 5:00pm

In his March 14, 2005 Alertbox article Lower-Literacy Users, Jakob Nielsen reports that the reading behaviors of lower-literacy users is different from higher-literacy users and offers up some suggestions for website designers.

CalendarScript 3.2

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Sun, 08/29/2004 - 5:00pm

Just bumped into a new calendar program called Calendar Script 3.2. I came across it on a library website.

I made a point of checking it out because of its nice clean look. Features include multiple views, multi-user support, repeating events, custom event type, templates, optional approval process, search. Read about more features...

Bookmarks for Patrons

Submitted by Lori Ayre on Wed, 09/17/2003 - 5:00pm

Imagine a world where patrons could save their bookmarks and the data they provide on online forms would be pre-filled the next time they were asked for that data....where passwords they'd set up on websites would be remembered for them....just like our home PCs! And now imagine that there was a way to do this that was completely secure, portable and affordable. Well, that's my take on the AxisCard.

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